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if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims, who refused personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about. and i want to fight for them. that's what i've been doing for the last four years because if they succeed, i believe the country succeeds. >> refs on both sides agree that last night was a bruiser but the strongest most concise assessment came courtesy of the new york daily news. bam boom. round three, the last and time bought, is monday. sam stein, of "the huffington post," we have seen a lot of back and forth this morning from republic
if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said...
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two nights after this -- >> not true, governor romney. >> how much did you cut them? >> there were a bunch of oil company -- >> i had a question and the question was how much you'll get them by. you'll get your chance in a moment and i'm still speaking. >> there was this. >> a campaign can require a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans perhaps in the morning, suits for a lunch fund-raiser, sport coat for dinner, but it's nice to finally relax and to wear what ann and i wear around the house. >> used to love walking through central park, loved to go to old yankee stadium, the house that ruth built, although he really did not build that. i hope everybody's -- aware of that. governor romney and president obama shared the stage in new york city. the light hearted night included plenty of self-deprecation. >> people seem to be very curious as to how we prepare for the debates. let me tell you what i do, first refrain from alcohol for 65 years before the debate. second, find the biggest available straw man and then just mercily attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming.
two nights after this -- >> not true, governor romney. >> how much did you cut them? >> there were a bunch of oil company -- >> i had a question and the question was how much you'll get them by. you'll get your chance in a moment and i'm still speaking. >> there was this. >> a campaign can require a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans perhaps in the morning, suits for a lunch fund-raiser, sport coat for dinner, but it's nice to finally relax and to wear what...
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hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi volume extravaganza continues. john heilemann, what do we make, what do you specifically make, of this politico inside dope that says ann and tagg romney have been instrumental in this recalibrated mitt romney? >> i never want to take exception that anybody mike allen and jim vandehei write but maybe there's a straining to find a more biz zanty explanation than is necessarily the case. to question that ann romney was unhawpe with what was happening to her husband as any reasonable wife would be, given the way he was being portrayed and allowing people to portray himself. there's, you know, losing campaign, whi
hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi...
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>> good to see you. >> we're not taking any questions. >> last night romney said he was going to win. this morning on
>> good to see you. >> we're not taking any questions. >> last night romney said he was going to win. this morning on
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we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons with obama. you know, i covered him for about a year before we got to the iowa caucus. those big speeches that's when people say who is this guy, rehearsing a stump speech and doing it badly is no way to introduce yourself to a whole new bunch of voters who are tuning. in -- -- why they wanted to quote verses written by someone else, i don't understand what he was trying to express there. for someone who has said economy, economy, economy, i'm the guy who can fix the economy, to go in on a -- run on sanctions, never mind there have been sanctions against iran, but -- >> you know, speaking about the economy, i think the real winner
we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons...
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we talked about the benghazi stuff last night, mitt romney coming out and saying president is doubling down on deceit or some version thereof. your assessment. >> we should be clear about what is contested and what is agreed to and what are the various theories of what's wrong. what the problem is, right? what everyone agrees the first story that the american people were told by the administration about what happened in benghazi was wrong. it was not a riot set off by a youtube video that then overran a consulate. >> which they admit. >> everyone agrees. now the question is, did they just get bad intelligence, right? which is what joe biden said last night. this is what intelligence agencies told us. it turned out later it was a preplanned attack. were they essentially manipulating the story because it looked better for them if there was this who could have predicted riot as opposed to an al qaeda cell or al qaeda allied cell in libya pulled off an attack. that's one issue, right? what was channeled up through the chain of command in terms of intelligence reporting that administration
we talked about the benghazi stuff last night, mitt romney coming out and saying president is doubling down on deceit or some version thereof. your assessment. >> we should be clear about what is contested and what is agreed to and what are the various theories of what's wrong. what the problem is, right? what everyone agrees the first story that the american people were told by the administration about what happened in benghazi was wrong. it was not a riot set off by a youtube video that...
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starting wednesday morning, tuesday night, there will be a lot of people that will say, romney will win by the end of february or middle of march. gingrich if he performs better in florida than he has going forward, he could head off the idea that romney is inevitable. >> newt is not going anywhere. he has southern states, including let see, arizona, could be more favor able. and georgia, his backyard, missouri, further on, march is a much better month for newt gingrich than it is february. but can i keep -- when you talk about the oh, no moment is it on the part of the far right, is it going to be as loudly heard from the rest of the republican base? which is to say can they maneuver their troops as efficiently as romney? >> money can't bipartisuy you lt endorsement endorsements, trusting those people that have been with you take this and day out is important and he has done that and that is what is going to help propel him more so hthan te money. >> i think what is more important is the anti-endorsement. bob dole came out and said, by the way, newt gingrich has crazy ideas, was diffic
starting wednesday morning, tuesday night, there will be a lot of people that will say, romney will win by the end of february or middle of march. gingrich if he performs better in florida than he has going forward, he could head off the idea that romney is inevitable. >> newt is not going anywhere. he has southern states, including let see, arizona, could be more favor able. and georgia, his backyard, missouri, further on, march is a much better month for newt gingrich than it is...
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that is a priority for the romney campaign? >> i mean, i take your point totally about not rising to every bit of bait, but then the clock begins ticking and within a fairly short period of time, you have to do your grand vision about immigration and you can't just say oh, the president in 2010 should have been more of a leader to get the legislation that the republican caucus and the senate entirely killed passed. you really have to say what's what and how -- what you will do as president. >> i agree with that. i think the clock is ticking, particularly with these decisions coming down this week. certainly in light of the president's actions last week on immigration, i think it really puts the pressure on the front end of the strategy as opposed to how i think they like to see it play out leading up -- >> what kind of debates do you think are going on inside the republican party at this time? >> i think -- >> it is a divided party. >> you hit on a salient point. i think there's a legitimate bait that seems to be emerging and l
that is a priority for the romney campaign? >> i mean, i take your point totally about not rising to every bit of bait, but then the clock begins ticking and within a fairly short period of time, you have to do your grand vision about immigration and you can't just say oh, the president in 2010 should have been more of a leader to get the legislation that the republican caucus and the senate entirely killed passed. you really have to say what's what and how -- what you will do as...
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they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> that was president obama during a los angeles fund-raiser last night acknowledging that his debate performance didn't live up to hollywood standards. governor romney is trying to keep his debate act alive shedding his wooden image for a more human mitt. he told the emotional story of helping a young member of the mormon church who was dying of leukemia. >> through all this david had the kind of strength and courage and maturity you see in so many of our young people, so many of the people in this great nation of ours. i thought of the wonderful slogan later, clear eyes, full heart, can't lose. >> joining the panel now ar ari melver of the nation and nicholas cantasori of the new york times t. yes. >> that's who he is. >> let's talk about the strategy. the president, just forget about wednesday. think about friday. mitt romney forget about friday, remember wednesday. who is selling themselves better this week in your opinion? >> mitt romney is doing a gr
they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> that was president obama during a los angeles fund-raiser last night acknowledging that his debate performance didn't live up to hollywood standards. governor romney is trying to keep his debate act alive shedding his wooden image for a more human mitt. he told the emotional story of helping a young member of the mormon church who was dying of leukemia. >> through all this david had the kind of strength and...
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we'll leave the zingers to the saturday night li"saturday nig t re-enactment and mitt romney. >> i have not said zinger and now i have. is that going to be enough for the american public? >> no. it's not actually. you know, all due respect to what's going on in chicago but the fundamental problem for the president is not just about the economy, it's the political system as it currently stands. and he has lots of specific plans, he had a jobs bill lined up, he's had these plans for some time. the question is, can anyone execute on anything within this environment? if the projections hold true and i'm sure ben in chicago and the president won't want to accept the projections but if they hold true, we'll end up with a congress that looks pretty much just as it does today, same president, dealing with the same dysfunctional congress, house controlled by the republicans and nothing will get done and in that environment, voters not uj reasonably will say well how does this get better? >> i think that politico yesterday, ben, outlined questions or statements that might haunt the president in t
we'll leave the zingers to the saturday night li"saturday nig t re-enactment and mitt romney. >> i have not said zinger and now i have. is that going to be enough for the american public? >> no. it's not actually. you know, all due respect to what's going on in chicago but the fundamental problem for the president is not just about the economy, it's the political system as it currently stands. and he has lots of specific plans, he had a jobs bill lined up, he's had these plans...
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, by the way we forgot to mention the landslide victory last night. he said laughing, romney ignored him. john, you were there? >> i was not. >> you told us about things you heard from that event. >> i always try to watch raw footage for all john mccain events because they are so uplifting. >> they are fun. >> it felt a little thrown together and there was a sense that it was not well advanced and that they -- the word leaked out he was going to get this endorsement on the night of the iowa caucuses when it looked like there was a chance santorum would win and they wanted another story to move to. there is no better endorsement in american politics in new hampshire than john mccain. he has dominated that state from the two republican primaries. mitt romney is the establishment candidate, there's no way he needs to make inroads into the base and win the heart of conservatives. but he's got to do it with the core of his support, which is the establishment. i'll roll out big endorsements states by state. if he does, they are going to be a core part of ho
, by the way we forgot to mention the landslide victory last night. he said laughing, romney ignored him. john, you were there? >> i was not. >> you told us about things you heard from that event. >> i always try to watch raw footage for all john mccain events because they are so uplifting. >> they are fun. >> it felt a little thrown together and there was a sense that it was not well advanced and that they -- the word leaked out he was going to get this...
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you have romney, say what you will, it was not good for him to lose the three contests last night. >> it not the party's role to m manage it like that. >> but just in terms -- sorry. >> i think we are looking at a different playing field, there's a party war going inside the party. they are not in the position to dictate like they did in 2008. the world romney has changed and you now have a raising up in the party against what perceived as the party establishment. and that is playing out. >> i would like to say though, we have a habit in the press as acting like this is the first time this has happened. this is not the first establishment nominee that has had problems with the party, and michael steele is the personal responsible for the primary calendar existing the way it is. what you do have that is unusual this time is usually after the -- in recent memory after the first few contests people start to drop out. you see people getting out. that is not happening right now. >> well, the field narrowed. >> super tuesday had already happened at this type this year. it not helping that i
you have romney, say what you will, it was not good for him to lose the three contests last night. >> it not the party's role to m manage it like that. >> but just in terms -- sorry. >> i think we are looking at a different playing field, there's a party war going inside the party. they are not in the position to dictate like they did in 2008. the world romney has changed and you now have a raising up in the party against what perceived as the party establishment. and that is...
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coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners givin
coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those...
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there were plenty of them who name checked governor romney last night. senate majority leader among them used the opportunity to hit the governor on his tax returns -- >> today's republican party believes in two sets of rules. one for millionaires and billionaires, and another for the middle class. and this year, they have nominated the strongest proponent and clearest beneficiary of this rigged game, mitt romney. >> but while dems were on the attack they also used last night to highlight actual legislation and the record of the president in the oval office. we will get into all of that next on "now." so, we all set? i've got two tickets to paradise! pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than eddie money running a travel agency. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or mo
there were plenty of them who name checked governor romney last night. senate majority leader among them used the opportunity to hit the governor on his tax returns -- >> today's republican party believes in two sets of rules. one for millionaires and billionaires, and another for the middle class. and this year, they have nominated the strongest proponent and clearest beneficiary of this rigged game, mitt romney. >> but while dems were on the attack they also used last night to...
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his wife mentioned it by name on tuesday, and romney's faith came up in several speeches last night. mike huckabee, a baptist minister who in the 2008 primary defeated romney in iowa didn't exactly offer support for romney's faith but said it wouldn't affect his vote. >> i care far less as to where mitt romney takes his family to church than i do about where he takes this country. >> huckabee also used a speech to tear town the president's views on social and religious issues. >> of the four people on the two tickets, the only self-professed evangelical is barack obama, and he supports changing the definition of marriage. believes that human right is disposable and expendable at any time in the womb, even beyond the womb. and he tells people of faith that they have to bow their knees to the god of government. >> romney is reportedly still tweaking his speech but is expected to address his mormon faith directly. the invocational prayer will be delivered by the president of the temple romney attends in boston. buzz feed writes about the 180 degree turn made in the campaign of opening a
his wife mentioned it by name on tuesday, and romney's faith came up in several speeches last night. mike huckabee, a baptist minister who in the 2008 primary defeated romney in iowa didn't exactly offer support for romney's faith but said it wouldn't affect his vote. >> i care far less as to where mitt romney takes his family to church than i do about where he takes this country. >> huckabee also used a speech to tear town the president's views on social and religious issues....
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. >> i think this helps him in the primary and the contrast between him and romney the other night where romney side, i'm not a bomb fare. a bomb thrower, what a statement. >> there's stuff that newt gingrich says and does which is not only bomb-throwing but plain weird. i'm referring to "the new york times" article that talks about his obsession with electromagnetic pulses. >> that's in mitt romney's book. >> that is? >> yes. >> i didn't know that. both of them are obsessed with this. >> romney doesn't talk about it. but there's a whole paragraph in romney's book about it. >> but gingrich seems to be waving the flag for emps. you have people at the pentagon who have said, we can sort of neuter this. and this is so gingrichian, if you will, the obsession -- it's almost like the guy wearing the tinfoil hat, you know what i mean? we're likely to see more of that as the campaign goes on. >> i went back to gingrich's book in '95. he predicts honeymoons in space will be quite common in the year 2020 and then he explains for anyone who understands what the lack of gravity can do, you'll unders
. >> i think this helps him in the primary and the contrast between him and romney the other night where romney side, i'm not a bomb fare. a bomb thrower, what a statement. >> there's stuff that newt gingrich says and does which is not only bomb-throwing but plain weird. i'm referring to "the new york times" article that talks about his obsession with electromagnetic pulses. >> that's in mitt romney's book. >> that is? >> yes. >> i didn't know that....
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at a fund-raiser last night, romney argued big business is quote, doing fine, saying we've got to make it easier for small businesses. big business is doing fine in many places. they get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. just to recap, big business is doing fine. you might remember a similar now infamous statement made by president obama as he argued for a greater focus on public sector jobs and said the private sector is doing fine. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? i think he's defining what it means to be detached and out of touch. >> but semantics aside, here's why governor romney believes big business is quote, doing fine. they know how to find ways to get through the tax code, save money by putting various things in the places where there are low tax havens around the world for their businesses, but small business is getting crushed. just to recap, regulation isn't holding back big business and tax havens offshore are a good thing. well, that's one way to get the conversation off todd akin and here's another. re
at a fund-raiser last night, romney argued big business is quote, doing fine, saying we've got to make it easier for small businesses. big business is doing fine in many places. they get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. just to recap, big business is doing fine. you might remember a similar now infamous statement made by president obama as he argued for a greater focus on public sector jobs and said the private sector is doing fine. >> he said the private sector...
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romney was supposed to end his campaign last night with a rally in new hampshire, but perhaps in a bid to turn back the clock the campaign scheduled an event in ohio that is about to get under way and another to come this afternoon in pennsylvania. romney is trying to make sure that this is not his last campaign, that politically he has a tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow. >> for the president, win or lose, this is his last campaign. >> this is a pretty emotional time for us because this is the final event of my husband's final campaign. >> in iowa last night, the place where it all began, the first couple held an extended embrace at the end of a day that saw president obama on the stump with jay-z and bruce springsteen, he seemed at peace, closing one chapter of his political life. >> it all comes down to you. it's out of my hands now. it's in yours. >> now, of course, it is just down to the ballots. chris, let's talk about the mood. i mean we are going to prognosticate, we have been prognosticating about how tight this thing is. >> never made a p
romney was supposed to end his campaign last night with a rally in new hampshire, but perhaps in a bid to turn back the clock the campaign scheduled an event in ohio that is about to get under way and another to come this afternoon in pennsylvania. romney is trying to make sure that this is not his last campaign, that politically he has a tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow. >> for the president, win or lose, this is his last campaign....
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ann romney has tapped into that hilary rosen last night deeply offended every woman who has ever had this struggle going on saying she's never worked a day in her life. any woman who has a child, anybody with a child knows it's harder to raise a kid than show up for a job from 9 to 5. strategically it's very smart for the romney campaign. also very smart for the obama campaign to come out and sigh, this was a mistake. she should apologize. >> also, we have nothing to do with her. howard, you're familiar with this question of women and how they balance the motherhood versus professional, you know, professional woman act and i know, you know, when your candidate hillary clinton was running in 2008 this was very much an issue and difficult waters to tread. >> there are difficult waters and sometimes people say things on live television they regret or wish they'd said differently. you're right, it is a gift to the romney campaign. romney, latest poll had him down 18 points with women. we've spent the last several months as you detailed at the beginning of the program, having a destructiv
ann romney has tapped into that hilary rosen last night deeply offended every woman who has ever had this struggle going on saying she's never worked a day in her life. any woman who has a child, anybody with a child knows it's harder to raise a kid than show up for a job from 9 to 5. strategically it's very smart for the romney campaign. also very smart for the obama campaign to come out and sigh, this was a mistake. she should apologize. >> also, we have nothing to do with her. howard,...
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you were in romney hq that night. are you confident that the party, the phoenix may rise from the ashes? >> they know that it -- the ashes in general? they know it has to happen. i was there, that was my colleague who wrote that. we were both there. these were kind of mid-level campaign aides talking about the future, what was going to happen to the party, and they talked about marco rubio, they talked about the need to win over youth voters to probably de-emphasize social issues, not talk about same-sex marriage as much as they have. >> that's the problem there. right? it's not de-emphasize. i don't think it's about de-emphasizing. it's about crafting a different position. >> so here's the problem. this is wait they see this, though. honestly, most of these mid-level aides even on the romney campaign, they're not against gay marriage. they're not. t they don't care about it as a an issue. they also realize in the near to mid term, the next four to eight years, even as gay marriage becomes the law of the land across t
you were in romney hq that night. are you confident that the party, the phoenix may rise from the ashes? >> they know that it -- the ashes in general? they know it has to happen. i was there, that was my colleague who wrote that. we were both there. these were kind of mid-level campaign aides talking about the future, what was going to happen to the party, and they talked about marco rubio, they talked about the need to win over youth voters to probably de-emphasize social issues, not...
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there are big dinners with governor romney and his wife both nights. it's really, it's summer camp basically for the sort of rain maker class of republican donors. >> summer camp for the rain maker class. nbc's garrett haich doing the heavy lifting in park city. thank you, as always. good luck to you. >> can we make one quick point about the fact that they're doing this bus tour and putting the obama camp on the defensive? just going to a state doesn't mean the other candidate is on the defensive. you can say that's the case, doesn't make it the case just because you go there. michigan is tightening up. wisconsin a little less low. just because you take a bus tour to the state doesn't mean you have the other candidate on the defensive. >> it does signal an interest in the state given the fact the party hasn't done very well in decades. fair point. thank you to you, ben white for joining us. >>> coming up, from middle class to homeless. as the net worth of the average american family plummets, time to take stock of the american dream. we'll talk hard ti
there are big dinners with governor romney and his wife both nights. it's really, it's summer camp basically for the sort of rain maker class of republican donors. >> summer camp for the rain maker class. nbc's garrett haich doing the heavy lifting in park city. thank you, as always. good luck to you. >> can we make one quick point about the fact that they're doing this bus tour and putting the obama camp on the defensive? just going to a state doesn't mean the other candidate is on...
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we'll take a look at romney's big speech last night and president obama's dueling message. it is the horse race next on "now." [ music playing, indistinct conversations ] the charcoal went out already? [ sighs ] forget it. [ male announcer ] there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill. in every bag of kingsford charcoal. (spoken in mandarin) i've still got hours of battery life. it's an ultrabook. you bring great shame upon this coffee hut. with a long-lasting ultrabook, everything else seems old fashioned. ultrabook. inspired by intel. when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it... you can do dinner. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> the suspense is over. nbc news has confirmed that newt gingrich will suspend his campaign next tuesday. acknowledging that mitt romney will, in fact, be the rominee. meanwhile, the general election has turned to a battle over wealth. in two speeches yesterday, president obama and mitt romney told personal stories of pove
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. >> that is mitt romney speaking today on the heels of three wins last night. hogan gidley, you are the santorum campaign communications director. newt gingrich has said he's going to stay in this race largely to sort of help fashion a better more convincing conservative platform, probably for mitt romney. is rick santorum going to do the same? >> no, i mean look, we're still this to win it. we'd like for all the conservatives including newt gingrich to bow out of this race and get behind us obviously. polls show even last night with the percentage points that gingrich had, had he been out, we would have been able to beat romney in wisconsin. i want to go back to something romney said about all of his plans and he can't wait to get to washington. i'm terrified at that notion because he's caused so much damage in washington, d.c. and this country from boston. i don't know what he's talking about. remember last week, two weeks ago, we were debating before the supreme court the constitutionality of obama care. we wouldn't even have had those hearings had it not be
. >> that is mitt romney speaking today on the heels of three wins last night. hogan gidley, you are the santorum campaign communications director. newt gingrich has said he's going to stay in this race largely to sort of help fashion a better more convincing conservative platform, probably for mitt romney. is rick santorum going to do the same? >> no, i mean look, we're still this to win it. we'd like for all the conservatives including newt gingrich to bow out of this race and get...
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romney wasn't the only one who fell short last night. john cornyn, the man in charge of gop efforts to take over the senate, did soul searching after democrats appeared to be on the verge of gaining seats, a 180-degree turnaround from what many expected. cornyn wrote, quote -- >> snortles around. joining the panel is jody kantor of the "new york times." welcome. >> thank you. >> a lot of assessment and dissection last night about what happened. i guess following all that sound and quotes, wrb does wrshs where does the gop go? fred barns writes no doubt the media must insist the republicans must change, embrace social liberalism, all that is hogwash which is why republicans are likely to reject it. their ideology is not a problem. >> my colleague carl set up a great contrast in this morning "times" and said the republicans have two camps. they have the mathematicians, people who are looking at the kind of demographic numbers you were talking about saying the party has no choice. then on the other hand, there are the priests, there are the
romney wasn't the only one who fell short last night. john cornyn, the man in charge of gop efforts to take over the senate, did soul searching after democrats appeared to be on the verge of gaining seats, a 180-degree turnaround from what many expected. cornyn wrote, quote -- >> snortles around. joining the panel is jody kantor of the "new york times." welcome. >> thank you. >> a lot of assessment and dissection last night about what happened. i guess following all...
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i think governor romney's response last night and more pointed his response today this is his lehman moment in a lot of ways. this crisis may not translate to voters in the way the economic crisis did, because it's a foreign policy thing, as a test to think on your feet, be serious, sober, respectful to frame if you're going to have disagreements with the president to frame them in the right way, not seem crass, exploitive he's failed those tests and why you're seeing stores on the web, republican foreign policy people across the board saying this is a really dramatic moment, i don't know if it's the moment that, quote, mitt romney lost the election but a pretty clear window into areas of his leadership ability, character, temperament that i think a lot of voters should and maybe will find really troubling and really disturbing. >> in fact, there have been senior republican advisers who have said on the record -- well off the record but attributable to buzz feed, for example, they were trying to score a cheap news cycle hit based on the embassy statement and it's completely blown up
i think governor romney's response last night and more pointed his response today this is his lehman moment in a lot of ways. this crisis may not translate to voters in the way the economic crisis did, because it's a foreign policy thing, as a test to think on your feet, be serious, sober, respectful to frame if you're going to have disagreements with the president to frame them in the right way, not seem crass, exploitive he's failed those tests and why you're seeing stores on the web,...
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meanwhile, president obama and governor romney also spoke at nbc's education nation summit. big times. we will discuss their remarks. also paul ryan weighs in on the last night's nfl controversy and brin itk toue president obama. all of that is next on "now." want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! owe need itbire a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions... becausthe results... are you having fun doing this? yeah. that's a very nic cake! [ale announcer ] well, you can't beat them. [ giggles ] ohh! the value of spending time together that's a lot of work getting that one in! let's go see the birdies. [ male announcer ] one on one, sharing what you know. let's do it grandpa. that's why humana agents will sit down with you, tlisten and understand what's important to you. the right humn for you. because when your medicare is taken care of, you can spend more time sharing your passions. wow. [ giggles ] [ male annocer ] with the people who matter most. i love you gran
meanwhile, president obama and governor romney also spoke at nbc's education nation summit. big times. we will discuss their remarks. also paul ryan weighs in on the last night's nfl controversy and brin itk toue president obama. all of that is next on "now." want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! owe need itbire a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions... becausthe...
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romney was asked about it last night. >> my position has been clear throughout this campaign. i'm in favor of abortion being legal in the case of rape and incest and the health and life of the mother. but recognize this is the decision that will be made by the supreme court. >> it is unclear if that distinction will be mentioned at the convention and given romney's evolution on reproductive rights, it's unlikely he will take a stand now. when romney challenged ted kennedy's massachusetts senate seat, he made it clear he had been a supporter of a woman's right to choose for over two decades. >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. i have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a u.s. senate candidate. i believe that since roe v wade has been the law for 20 years, we should sustain and support it and i sustain and support that law and the right of a woman to make that choice. >> my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that ma
romney was asked about it last night. >> my position has been clear throughout this campaign. i'm in favor of abortion being legal in the case of rape and incest and the health and life of the mother. but recognize this is the decision that will be made by the supreme court. >> it is unclear if that distinction will be mentioned at the convention and given romney's evolution on reproductive rights, it's unlikely he will take a stand now. when romney challenged ted kennedy's...
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coming up, mitt romney is speaking right now at the latino aenl coalition summit. we'll bring you some of his remarks next on "now." the wheat in every mini-wheat has gotta be just right. perfect golden color. rich in fiber. my dad taught me, and i taught my son out there. morning, pa. wait... who's driving the...? ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm, 99 bushels of wheat ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 filling layers of whole grain fiber in those fun little biscuits... so they stick with you, all morning long. kellogg's® mini-wheats cereal. [ mini ] yee haw! a big breakfast in a little biscuit. kellogg's® mini-wheats cereal. (female announcer) most life insurance companies look at you and just see a policy. at aviva, we do things differently. we're bringing humanity back to life insurance. that's why only aviva rewards you with savings for getting a check-up. it's our wellness for life program, with online access to mayo clinic. see the difference at avivausa.com. easy label, right? but that label can lead to prejudice and discrimination, and we don't want
coming up, mitt romney is speaking right now at the latino aenl coalition summit. we'll bring you some of his remarks next on "now." the wheat in every mini-wheat has gotta be just right. perfect golden color. rich in fiber. my dad taught me, and i taught my son out there. morning, pa. wait... who's driving the...? ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm, 99 bushels of wheat ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 filling layers of whole grain fiber in those fun little biscuits... so they...
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in fact, a bad night for republicans. but in terms of winning the michigan primary, which mitt romney has to do, he was a clear winner. he looked presidential, his answers were crisp, he was on the top of his game. and rick santorum, i thought, they said last night, "b" game, i know rick, and that was his "c" game. >> you know, i guess it's a matter, it's sort of a sliding scale and grading on a curve. because i watched mitt romney, and certainly his answers were better. he is, you know, more on the attack. but let's play a little montage of this sort of physicality and the behavior of mitt romney on the stage last night. >> much longer than 30 seconds. that's a long -- that's a long -- that's a long answer. nice try, but now let's look at the facts. i didn't follow all of that, but i can tell you this. >> you have a constitutional requirement to balance the budget in four years. >> you get to ask the questions i want, i get to give the answers i want. >> it's like, howard, i tweeted last night that i thought someone was
in fact, a bad night for republicans. but in terms of winning the michigan primary, which mitt romney has to do, he was a clear winner. he looked presidential, his answers were crisp, he was on the top of his game. and rick santorum, i thought, they said last night, "b" game, i know rick, and that was his "c" game. >> you know, i guess it's a matter, it's sort of a sliding scale and grading on a curve. because i watched mitt romney, and certainly his answers were...
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to imagine this will play -- >> don't you think the leno stuff and -- and sam, you're a fan of late night television -- >> i am not. >> it reminds us how at ease the president is in is a number of formats. >> obviously mitt romney we agree is a bit stiff on the trail, so the contrast is apparent, and i think the ads are silly, but to the extent that it's different than '08, at this juncture, obama has real governs responsibilities. if you can say here's a guy going on jimmy fallon, and likes to talk about kanye west, and while the unemployment rate is still above 8%, you know, there might be -- might be able to tar him a bit. that's the only distinction between the mccain ad in 2008, when obama literally was a candidate celebrity with very little responsibility. >> that was about experience. they're trying to use this differently, whiches to say he's got this cool factor, but meanwhile, rural be off than four years ago? the point is there's ten different ways to say the economy is still in a bad place. they'll find 10 and 20 ways to say that. that's how you run against this president. >>
to imagine this will play -- >> don't you think the leno stuff and -- and sam, you're a fan of late night television -- >> i am not. >> it reminds us how at ease the president is in is a number of formats. >> obviously mitt romney we agree is a bit stiff on the trail, so the contrast is apparent, and i think the ads are silly, but to the extent that it's different than '08, at this juncture, obama has real governs responsibilities. if you can say here's a guy going on...
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romney adviser kevin madden and the president of the human rights campaign. plus, as european leaders are voting themselves out, the night since the financial meltdown, look at france. lee gallagher will be joining us on that. see new 15 minutes. can befriendt may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narrator... [ man ] you're left with more electric trucks. more recycled shipping materials... and a growing number of lower emissions planes... which still makes for a pretty enchanted tale. ♪ la la la [ man ] whoops, forgot one... [ male announcer ] sustainable solutions. fedex. solutions that matter. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. ♪ you make me happy when skies are gray ♪ [ female announcer ] you know exactly what it takes to make them feel better. ♪ you make me happy [ female announcer ] that's why you choose children's tylenol. the same brand your mom trusted
romney adviser kevin madden and the president of the human rights campaign. plus, as european leaders are voting themselves out, the night since the financial meltdown, look at france. lee gallagher will be joining us on that. see new 15 minutes. can befriendt may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narrator... [ man ] you're left with more electric trucks. more recycled...
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last night on cbs romney insisted his campaign will be making no u-turns. >> a lot of republicans would like to know a lot of your donors would like to know, how do you turn this thing around? >> it doesn't need a turn around. we have a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president of the united states. >> romney's bus has another pot hole to navigate around this week. the campaign released his 2011 tax documents on friday afternoon, along with a 20-year summary of his returns since 1990. the 2011 returns show the governor paid 14.1% in taxes, on over $13 million of investment income. president obama's campaign is already bringing romney's taxes back to the forefront releasing this ad in ohio today. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who pay no income tax including veterans, elderly, the disabled. >> my job is not to worry about those people. >> doesn't the president have to worry about everyone? mitt romney paid just 14.1% in taxes last year. he keeps millions in bermuda and the cayman islands, won't release his tax returns before 2010. maybe instead of attacking others on t
last night on cbs romney insisted his campaign will be making no u-turns. >> a lot of republicans would like to know a lot of your donors would like to know, how do you turn this thing around? >> it doesn't need a turn around. we have a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president of the united states. >> romney's bus has another pot hole to navigate around this week. the campaign released his 2011 tax documents on friday afternoon, along with a 20-year summary of his...
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is this an issue for mitt romney in arizona? >> no because politically it will go away. who among us has not wanted to deport a ex, people understand. >> that is a very, very good point. >> when i say, it's private drama that has spilled out public publically, the allegations are out there but the facts are not known. >> he has been strident on immigration and cracking down on illegal immigration and the party itself has been less tolerant to gay and gay men and civil justice issues. >> not of late. historically. if you are going to be the front-runner for the gop nomination and you aring to be openly gay or not and you are going be to in a relationship with an illegal person or not and then you threaten this person with deportation or not, then i'm sorry, it makes you a hypocrite on every level. this is the problem -- and i have lots of gay friends that are republicans. lots. i've dated half of them. if you ask on the capitol hill, are there more gay republicans or democrats, it's republicans. at the end of the day. either your party dp-- and the platform, what will it
is this an issue for mitt romney in arizona? >> no because politically it will go away. who among us has not wanted to deport a ex, people understand. >> that is a very, very good point. >> when i say, it's private drama that has spilled out public publically, the allegations are out there but the facts are not known. >> he has been strident on immigration and cracking down on illegal immigration and the party itself has been less tolerant to gay and gay men and civil...
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after romney wins wisconsin and contrary to what ed rendell said the other night, that esa chance romney will beat santorum in pennsylvania. >> i agree with john. i think it will demonstrates larry summers maxim of economics in politics which is there's a very thin line between impossible and inevitable. there were a lot of conservative who's felt the romney nomination was impossible. they were sure it would be this or that person but someone would happen. now, of course, he's very close to inevitable. that's the language we are seeing from people who don't feel the slightest bit of pressure to push him over the line at all. all they're saying is look at the line. he's really close. >> he has a lot of money and he's doing well in the polls. >> he's got the math. he just lacks the chemistry. >> exactly. speaking of dudes that people are unsure about, you are looking live at tim tebow holding his first news conference as a new york jet. >> wow. >> how will tim tebow handle his first date with the new york media? we will have more on that ahead, ahead. but first, as the supreme court hears
after romney wins wisconsin and contrary to what ed rendell said the other night, that esa chance romney will beat santorum in pennsylvania. >> i agree with john. i think it will demonstrates larry summers maxim of economics in politics which is there's a very thin line between impossible and inevitable. there were a lot of conservative who's felt the romney nomination was impossible. they were sure it would be this or that person but someone would happen. now, of course, he's very close...
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at a fund-raiser last night in north carolina, romney said, "i was at a coal mine yesterday. a group of miners, about 2,000 people gathered and one with tears in his eyes. i mean, really emotional. he said, i need you to save my job and help my family. i need you to save my job. and it hit me how big the responsibility is." coinciding with his new comprehension, team romney is embarking on a new strategy. politico writes, "romney spent nearly a year talking about how obama is a nice guy who just doesn't understand how the economy works because he has no private sector experience. but as a campaign grew more intense and the attacks more personal, romney dropped the idea that he has any admiration for obama and in its place is a description of obama as the purveyor of a campaign not worthy of the office." the retooled angry mitt romney version 2.0, asserted tuesday that president obama is running a campaign of division, hate, and anger. here's how the president responded to those accusations yesterday. >> we're going around the country talking about how do we put people back to
at a fund-raiser last night in north carolina, romney said, "i was at a coal mine yesterday. a group of miners, about 2,000 people gathered and one with tears in his eyes. i mean, really emotional. he said, i need you to save my job and help my family. i need you to save my job. and it hit me how big the responsibility is." coinciding with his new comprehension, team romney is embarking on a new strategy. politico writes, "romney spent nearly a year talking about how obama is a...
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if romney goes out and wince tomorrow night, i don't think anybody's going to really care -- >> on saturday night. >> yeah, on saturday night. i don't think anybody's going to care about what the iowa result was or wasn't. but if gingrich catches him and pulls off a surprise and that's the big story, then you can look at this and say, well, wait a minute, instead of mitt romney being the first republican ever to win iowa and new hampshire and complete the trifecta in south carolina, now we have mitt romney didn't win iowa, mitt romney got beat in south carolina, and mitt romney only won what is essentially his home state. that's a completely different narrative going into florida. i think it comes into play then. yes, it would be santorum winning iowa, but it would be a big help to gingrich if gingrich is able to win tomorrow. >> i agree. i think it's all about south carolina. i think the midwest is different, actually. it's more conservative, unemployment is lower. i'm not really worried about him winning there or not. but i think south carolina and particularly the squareoff with romney,
if romney goes out and wince tomorrow night, i don't think anybody's going to really care -- >> on saturday night. >> yeah, on saturday night. i don't think anybody's going to care about what the iowa result was or wasn't. but if gingrich catches him and pulls off a surprise and that's the big story, then you can look at this and say, well, wait a minute, instead of mitt romney being the first republican ever to win iowa and new hampshire and complete the trifecta in south carolina,...
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last night, paul said this to more than 7,000 supporters at his own rally in tampa. >> when you think if there's a party that says we have an open tent, we want new people to come in, we want to appeal to the young people, don't you think they would be begging and pleading that they come into the big tent? well, no. we'll get into the tent, believe me, because we will become the tent. >> while former mississippi governor haley barbour insists the party is unified, he doesn't give much credit to governor romney. >> he's the least conservative of the serious candidates for the nomination of the conservative party of the united states. where barack obama is the great uniter of republicans. >> joining us now from tampa is the washington bureau chief of mother jones, msnbc political analyst, david corn. david, let's talk about tampa and what's going on down there. that comment from haley barbour i thought was kind of stinging this morning on the day the convention begins. charlie crist is now speaking at the dnc. we just got a little bit of information about who used to work for charlie cr
last night, paul said this to more than 7,000 supporters at his own rally in tampa. >> when you think if there's a party that says we have an open tent, we want new people to come in, we want to appeal to the young people, don't you think they would be begging and pleading that they come into the big tent? well, no. we'll get into the tent, believe me, because we will become the tent. >> while former mississippi governor haley barbour insists the party is unified, he doesn't give...
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i think romney had a couple good moments last night. i want to play one about one that features when he talks about working with democrats in a bipartisan fashion as governor of massachusetts. >> to get anything done, i had to learn to get the respect of the speaker of the house and senate president and democratic leaders. i found a way to do that. to find common ground, crime from time to time. >> the fact he is doing the last debate before iowa is really important. he can talk about working with democrats. and i would bring up the gay marriage comments. i thought it was interesting that he said over and over again. i believe that people have a certain amount of civil rights. he, of course, didn't say he supported gay marriage. >> i think he quitted himself on the social issues. guns, that's is a different story. as a gun owner, i'm going need more of an explanation. i've always been pro gun. i think when it comes to his roar as governor. he's not the first few months of not talking about the fact he had executive experience. he was th
i think romney had a couple good moments last night. i want to play one about one that features when he talks about working with democrats in a bipartisan fashion as governor of massachusetts. >> to get anything done, i had to learn to get the respect of the speaker of the house and senate president and democratic leaders. i found a way to do that. to find common ground, crime from time to time. >> the fact he is doing the last debate before iowa is really important. he can talk...
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. >> while mitt romney rolls over his rivals in nevada. and while most of us were watching saturday night live, who was newt gingrich doing? he was not conceding anything. >> more than that herman gets in trouble. >> there's one solution. >> super bowl sunday, bradshaw cannot stop himself from scoring but who is the real winner?
. >> while mitt romney rolls over his rivals in nevada. and while most of us were watching saturday night live, who was newt gingrich doing? he was not conceding anything. >> more than that herman gets in trouble. >> there's one solution. >> super bowl sunday, bradshaw cannot stop himself from scoring but who is the real winner?
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last night democrats came to the convention with a clear message. the republican party will turn back the rights of women from equal pay to reproductive health. they painted a dark picture of what a romney administration would do. and a fiery speech, sandra fluke, the woman shut out of a congressional hearing on contraception, told the audience that the choice is clear. >> during this campaign, we've heard about two profoundly different futures that could await women in this country. and how one of those futures looks like an offensive, obsolete relic of our past. warnings of that future are not distractions. they are not imagined. that future could become real. >> joining the panel now is new york city council speaker christine quinn. >> thank you. >> great to have you on set. >> thanks. >> so let's jump off of sandra fluke's comments about obsolete relics. the democrats are pushing a narrative that they're the party of the future and the republicans are the party of the past. i want to know what you make of that and what kind of triage the gop can
last night democrats came to the convention with a clear message. the republican party will turn back the rights of women from equal pay to reproductive health. they painted a dark picture of what a romney administration would do. and a fiery speech, sandra fluke, the woman shut out of a congressional hearing on contraception, told the audience that the choice is clear. >> during this campaign, we've heard about two profoundly different futures that could await women in this country. and...
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but i have to tell what you president obama did last night with this doma issue and the gay marriage issue he just ensured that the entire community of evangelicals gets behind mitt romney which is something that mitt romney has not been able to do on his own. it shows you that president obama is actually weak right now. he needs to actually get his own base to rally around him. and he's so desperate to get his own base to rally around him that he's inserting an issue that most americans are not worried about. >> again i take issue with that. most americans not being worried about with civil rights and marriage equality. but again that can be your interpretation. the evangelical vote, important to neat franklin graham just released a statement in response to the president saying it is a sad day for america, may god help us. clearly this is an issue that does not unite some parts of the country. thank you to congressman raul labrador. >> thank you. >> after the break with mother's day nearly upon us, ann romney pens an op bed motherhood. we'll discuss the mom wars next. we love garden
but i have to tell what you president obama did last night with this doma issue and the gay marriage issue he just ensured that the entire community of evangelicals gets behind mitt romney which is something that mitt romney has not been able to do on his own. it shows you that president obama is actually weak right now. he needs to actually get his own base to rally around him. and he's so desperate to get his own base to rally around him that he's inserting an issue that most americans are...
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best tweet i saw on this last night, if this is who mitt romney wants in the united states senate you can only imagine who he wants in the united states supreme court. and what i -- you know, putting the polls aside this poll makes no sense and others have said that. i got back frnew hampshire and viinia, republican men and women are saying this is ridiculous. bottom line, why we should have a congress, 83% of which is men, making women's medical decisions. i think fueling the fire. >> it's amazing, also, that both with the two most incendiary comments about women's and bodies, you have aiken and mourdock tied to the romney-ryan ticket, now you have as you said one senate candidate that romney has sort of given his stamp of approval to having ads with saying this stuff about rape and god's intentions. when we talk about the issues, the president weighing in on leno about mourdock's comment but was brought up the question of the supreme court. i want to play those and talk about we're not talking about that more broadly in the campaign season. >> you've got a supreme court that, you kn
best tweet i saw on this last night, if this is who mitt romney wants in the united states senate you can only imagine who he wants in the united states supreme court. and what i -- you know, putting the polls aside this poll makes no sense and others have said that. i got back frnew hampshire and viinia, republican men and women are saying this is ridiculous. bottom line, why we should have a congress, 83% of which is men, making women's medical decisions. i think fueling the fire. >>...
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>> they have been two ships that passed in the night for about five years running for president, they talked on and off and they are friendly and have built a mutual respect. >> that sounds very nice. >> this is hugo, jessie, your candidate referred to the cooperation between his candidacy and romney, what does he mean by that? how do rifles cooperate? >> a lot of it comes down to scheduling, both of our campaigns had places, specific places that we wanted our candidates to be on march first, and they were not georgia, we talked it out and said, let's present a united front and make sure the candidates can get to where they need to be rather than being at the debate in georgia. >> you have a wonderful piece out in the new yorker on dr. paul this week, and one of this notions you explores the remnant. he likes to call himself a keeper of the old age. it's a network of enlightened souls capable of transforming civilization. we talk about santorum and the rhetoric around christianity, ron paul feels he has a mission here and the mission may almost eeclipse the candidacy in some respects.
>> they have been two ships that passed in the night for about five years running for president, they talked on and off and they are friendly and have built a mutual respect. >> that sounds very nice. >> this is hugo, jessie, your candidate referred to the cooperation between his candidacy and romney, what does he mean by that? how do rifles cooperate? >> a lot of it comes down to scheduling, both of our campaigns had places, specific places that we wanted our candidates...
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the romney tax thing, it does matter to regular folks because to your point, which i think is correct, everybody would like to have the money romney has. i think by revealing romney's taxes, for the first time, we have a conversation in the public about how you get to be that rich and mitt romney, it's not by working hard. his investment money that he pays way less taxes on. >> he's paid taxes on in the beginning, paid taxes on from the capital gains standpoint. my understanding, i'm not a tax expert, my understanding is, i hope that someone tweets this and really challenges me on this, is that romney and people that are of that wealth have paid taxes not once, twice, but three times on their money. what they're paying taxes on is they're paying taxes on the actual investments. now, to go back to your original point -- >> i just want to say, do you have time to tweet that? >> because i think this isn't a fair conversation we are having as a country. i think governor romney is feeding into this by not being transparent here. to suggest this man hasn't paid taxes, i don't think that's a
the romney tax thing, it does matter to regular folks because to your point, which i think is correct, everybody would like to have the money romney has. i think by revealing romney's taxes, for the first time, we have a conversation in the public about how you get to be that rich and mitt romney, it's not by working hard. his investment money that he pays way less taxes on. >> he's paid taxes on in the beginning, paid taxes on from the capital gains standpoint. my understanding, i'm not...
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. >> team romney, what point do they need to do this? i think it would behoove them -- >> when is summer vacation? >> in july. >> it will be memorial day friday. >> friday night dump. >> the olympics. >> 4:30. >> during opening ceremony of the olympics. >> it's all giggles here. this would be -- sitting on this until the general, after the conventions, would not seem like a prudent measure. getting it out of the way now may be, hoping the american public isn't paying that much attention would be the most sound strategy. >> i'm not sure it goes away. whether he gets out of the way out in or the last minute, i don't know which does better. >> i don't know the answer to the question. but i will say prudence is not the watch word for the campaign because they should have gotten that out of the way a year ago or 15 months ago or 4 years ago. they could have dealt with this a long time ago. they're kind of trapped by it. i'm not sure there's a right way out. >> it wasn't an issue four years ago. that is a measure of how the conversation around
. >> team romney, what point do they need to do this? i think it would behoove them -- >> when is summer vacation? >> in july. >> it will be memorial day friday. >> friday night dump. >> the olympics. >> 4:30. >> during opening ceremony of the olympics. >> it's all giggles here. this would be -- sitting on this until the general, after the conventions, would not seem like a prudent measure. getting it out of the way now may be, hoping the...
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say the discussion about foreign policy that's heated up considerably in the last couple weeks, and romney broadening his campaign message, talking about something other than the economy. in terms of tomorrow night's debate, what do you think is the net effect of bringing in issues that haven't been on the table like immigration, social concerns like gay marriage or women's reproductive rights? >> i think that you're probably going to see a similar tone, perhaps not a change in substance, but a similar tone from mitt romney to what i saw at the last debate, which was much more about bipartisanship, much more about his massachusetts tenure. on immigration, he has got a problem in the sense that he -- i mean, he took a stand right before the denver debate, finally answering the question about the temporary halting of deport -- right, of deportations for some immigrants who are here illegally. and that, i think, helped resolve an issue that was going to come up. i expect there will be more that comes up on it. in terms of the president, i think the feeling is those issues are in his favor. we
say the discussion about foreign policy that's heated up considerably in the last couple weeks, and romney broadening his campaign message, talking about something other than the economy. in terms of tomorrow night's debate, what do you think is the net effect of bringing in issues that haven't been on the table like immigration, social concerns like gay marriage or women's reproductive rights? >> i think that you're probably going to see a similar tone, perhaps not a change in substance,...
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do you think tonight could be the night? >> you know, i think it will. even though to a lesser extent than i would like to see. immigration is one of these issues that neither the republican nor the democratic party has wanted to touch with a ten foot pole during this general campaign season. on the democratic side obviously because we don't want to remind the latino electorate of the broken promise of not going through comprehensive immigration reform and on the republican side mitt romney doesn't want to soften too much because that would alienate his base at the same time he doesn't want to chip away at that 20, 23% of latino support he has now. they're stuck in a tough place and both parties prefer to keep it on the back burner. >> josh, i want to ask you about this. they're huge economic implications and consequences of illegal immigration here in the u.s. in terms of the lack of discussion of it and being a centerpiece of this campaign season, i thought this poll that latino decisions did was interesting. because the -- getting hispanics out to the
do you think tonight could be the night? >> you know, i think it will. even though to a lesser extent than i would like to see. immigration is one of these issues that neither the republican nor the democratic party has wanted to touch with a ten foot pole during this general campaign season. on the democratic side obviously because we don't want to remind the latino electorate of the broken promise of not going through comprehensive immigration reform and on the republican side mitt...
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the ability trying to create that space, trying to show there is space for an additional anti-romney is really where i think they're trying to fit in right now. >> can i make a different point which i think gets to the question that you're really asking, which is how campaigns are being waged differently. there's not your typical foreign policy address that you want to drive the news cycle. you go on jay leno, do you something via youtube, you specifically target an ad just for cable play. you may avoid the big accountability one-on-one interview in the business that i'm in. and i think -- >> i think everybody shudders in fear. >> they may see more down side than up side, but there's different ways to micro target the voters in a way where it is less traditional and there's all kinds of different -- personality does matter. a lot of these candidates do want to appear to have more personality and be able to reach voters, have more like ability. and they're finding lots of different ways of doing that. >> doesn't it still just come down to money? romney is so far ahead. steven schwartz
the ability trying to create that space, trying to show there is space for an additional anti-romney is really where i think they're trying to fit in right now. >> can i make a different point which i think gets to the question that you're really asking, which is how campaigns are being waged differently. there's not your typical foreign policy address that you want to drive the news cycle. you go on jay leno, do you something via youtube, you specifically target an ad just for cable...
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, humanize him and do a number of other things was his wife ann romney. we were talking about this during the break. on jay leno last night asked about comments she made regarding the press and asking them to stop it. let's he what she had say ike seeing you get mad. did you get feedback? did you have focus people go, that's wrong? >> no. i stepped out of the interview like oh, dear, did i say it a little strong? no. everyo i've seen is like giving me high ve wha do you make of ann romney as a surrogate at this point in terms of burnishing her husband's brand? >> we hear early on as you said the mitt stabilizer, humanizing him, but i think maybe mitt was rit wn h ,t t fund-raiser that we're using ann sparingly so people don't get tired of her. because i think -- i'm not sure how well she's wearing, you know, anger, be it's very understandable, any political spouse has good reason to feel angry beust'sard t h ose ndac on someone you love. definitely. and yet, it's not that appealing. it isn't just ann romney. i mean when bill clinton got angry on hillary's
, humanize him and do a number of other things was his wife ann romney. we were talking about this during the break. on jay leno last night asked about comments she made regarding the press and asking them to stop it. let's he what she had say ike seeing you get mad. did you get feedback? did you have focus people go, that's wrong? >> no. i stepped out of the interview like oh, dear, did i say it a little strong? no. everyo i've seen is like giving me high ve wha do you make of ann romney...